'Proudly South African'

from Elliott
There is a national marketing slogan that many products use to denote that they are not imported but produced locally. Oftentimes they are products unique to South Africa and something we should be proud of.

Sometimes, I wonder though there are many things that seem unique to South Africa that we should

not be proud of. One of those is this curious notion by students that if there is something you disagree with school administration then just destroy the facilities, even if you are complaining that the facilities are below standard. The latest is the idea that all Universities should be free. It actually started with the demands that increases in tuition should be less, then it was fees must be reduced and now it has morphed into fees must be eliminated altogether.

So the latest round of protest has included arson at many of the countries campuses. And the damage has been so extensive that some campuses are threatening to close for the rest of the year and drop the current term underway with no credit. Katherine got caught up in one on the way to pick Cason up at school. Students at the adjacent university had taken furniture from the dorms and piled it in the streets and set it on fire. Quite a mess and 'ooops' now there is no where to sleep tonight!

I wonder if the protesters thought that one through? Most likely there was not too much 'opportunity cost' analysis!